The man accused of shooting at the White House, Oscar Ortega, calls himself a modern-day Jesus. Was his intention to try to kill the President or to get national attention? For sure, the charges against him are serious. Psychiatrists will qualify him as “mentally instable.” It is a crazy and bizarre story, a typical “angry white man” action. [...]

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Former IMF director Dominique Strauss-Khan got his passport back after the case against him was dismissed. What lesson should we learn from this bizzare story? Society crucified the man before the final verdict. Strauss -Khan was a victim of his own reputation as a ladies’ man. Despite the humiliation, the man is still very popular [...]

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Harry Belafonte, civil rights activist and singer, has said that President Obama and his mission have failed because of a lack of moral courage and vision. Those strong words, coming from a man who has spent most his life fighting for civil rights in America, cannot be ignored. Jesse Jackson earlier made crude remarks about [...]

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The last of 161 fugitives indicted for war crimes after the breakup of Yugoslavia has been arrested. Goran Hadzic was arrested and transferred to the international court of The Hague to respond to the charges against him. Mr. Hadzic was on the run for seven years. The government of Serbia was criticized for not doing [...]

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The Strauss-Kahn saga is not over yet. Diallo, the hotel maid who accused the former IMF chief of rape, has given her first interview to the media. She moved from hiding to going public to give her side of the story. Is it a good strategy or bad strategy from her lawyer? For sure, the charges against Strauss-Kahn are [...]

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The great Satan (AKA the US, according to the extremists Muslims) has crossed the line. The New York gay marriage bill has passed. Being one of the most populous states in the US, New York matters and has the ability to inspire other states. Giving gay couples legal rights for their partners is fine, but the right to marry is [...]

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Doctor Jack Kevorkian, Doctor Death, has passed away. He has left us with a legacy of thoughts about the destiny of human beings: birth, life, and death. His death proved that he was not God. Rather he was someone with a lot of compassion for other human beings dying in pain. Politics refused to support his effort [...]

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It is hard to be President of the United States. It is doubly hard to be President and a person of color. President Obama has been under a lot of criticism from the “Black elite” for not doing enough for Black people. The latest comment from Mr. Cornel West, a well known and respected black intellectual, [...]

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The Obama administration has flip flopped and changed its mind about the trial of 9/11 Al-Qaeda mastermind: Khalid Sheik Mohamed. Both Democrats and Republicans criticized the Obama administration for announcing that Khalid Sheik Mohamed and his associates should be tried in civilian court. Now, the terrorists of 9/11 will be tried in Guantanamo Bay by military [...]

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US presidential candidates are tested for their faith in God as much as for their knowledge of interior and foreign affairs or whether they are “likable” or not. Faith is important for every American. Religious intolerance is a sort of poison injected to disqualify a political opponent. We have seen Protestant versus Catholic. Not long ago, President Obama, who [...]

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